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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.

Angela Duckworth

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People who are really gritty – they’re still interested.
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I’m not a policy oriented person. I’m constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it.
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My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won’t say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.
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I think it’s very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things… they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you’re going.
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There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don’t want to let kids quit during a valley.
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I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody.
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If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.
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Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.
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Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you’re into it.
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Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom.
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Is it ‘a drag’ that passions don’t come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them?
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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?
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I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it’s their life, but they have to choose something, and they can’t quit in the middle unless there’s a really good reason.
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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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